بأبيwith my father as ransom منthe one who أعارنيlent me
بأبي من أعارني
فيin الهوىlove سُقمَsickness خَصرِهِhis waist
في الهوى سُقمَ خَصرِهِ
May my father be a ransom for him who lent me
By the one whose waist sickness lent me
in love the frailty of his waist;
In passion, and whom I cannot
والذيand the one whom لستُI am not أَستَطيI can (continued)
والذي لستُ أَستَطي
عcompletes 'I can' خلافاin opposition لأمرهِto his command
ع خلافا لأمرهِ
and whom I cannot
Disobey, though he went against
disobey.
My will, hisglance led me to him
قادنيled me لحظُهhis glance إليهto him
قادني لحظُه إليه
دليلاas a guide بسحرهِthrough its magic
دليلا بسحرهِ
His glance led me to him,
As guide with its sorcery.
a guide through its magic.
He embraces epochs of beauty
قدindeed حوىencompassed حُسنَهُhis beauty زماtime (continued)
قد حوى حُسنَهُ زما
نcompletes 'time' التَّصابيyouthful dalliance بأسرِهِin its entirety
ن التَّصابي بأسرِهِ
His beauty has been embraced by the season
With all its advisoriness.
of youthful dalliance, in its entirety.
He urges in my garden and meadow
حَثspurred on فيin روضgarden وجنتيهhis two cheeks
حَث في روض وجنتيه
لناfor us خَمرُwine ثَغرِهِhis mouth
لنا خَمرُ ثَغرِهِ
It spurred us on in the garden of his cheeks—
Wine from his lips for us.
the wine of his mouth;
So we met at dawn with his face
فاصطبَحناso we drank in the morning بوجههby his face
فاصطبَحنا بوجهه
واغتبقناand we drank in the evening بشَعرِهِby his hair
واغتبقنا بشَعرِهِ
so we drank our morning draught by his face,
And clung to his hair.
and our evening draught by his hair.
Partial English translation: 11 of 12 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1